The Commission shall have absolute control and supervision of the employment, promotion, discharge and suspension of all members of the Police Department and all grades and departments thereof in this city. The Commission shall, immediately after its appointment, establish grades for the employments in the Police Department and shall classify every employee now in such service in the respective classification thus established. The Commission shall keep a service register of all men and women in the service in these classifications, giving their names, ages, compensation, past employment, duties, and such other facts and data with reference to each employee as the Commission may deem useful.
(Prior Code, § 2.01, Subd. 5)